L. Lőkös szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 27-28. 1996-97 (Budapest, 1978)

Csontos, Péter: Seed bank behaviour of Verbascum L. species

29.03.1995 and 29.03.1996) in a green-house of the Botanical Garden of the L. Eötvös University. An additional tray, filled with soil of same origin, was also exposed as control next by the two test trays. The germinating seedlings were monitored at weekly intervals and removed following emergence. The experiment was terminated after 6 months or later. Six replicates are still kept in the soil for future exhumations. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The rates of germination of the tested species between 1993 and 1996 are shown in Figure 1. Both mulleins germinated in every test-years and produced apparently healthy plants. The germination success was the following: V. austriacum: 1993, 9%; 1994, 1%; 1995, 14% and 1996, 7%; V. lychnitis: 1993, 8%; 1994, 4%; 1995, 22% and 1996,41%. V. austriacum mm V. lychnitis Fig. 1. Germination success of mullein species. (Seeds were collected and buried in 1992) years of the germination tests